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Auction: 19056 - The Treaty Ports of the Shanghai Postal System - Part III
Lot: 5034

Chungking
Postage Dues
Incoming Mail
1896 (9 June) envelope addressed to H. Everall c/o A. Little in Chungking bearing France 25c. tied by two strikes of Paris despatch c.d.s., alongside is a 2ca. Postage Due tied by a fine strike of the Chungking boxed datestamp (9.8), the reverse with Singapore to Hong Kong Marine Sorter (5.7), British Post Office Shanghai c.d.s. (14.7) and further Chungking boxed datestamp (10.8). A fine and attractive cover displaying the correct use of this Postage Due. Photo

provenance:
Elling O. Eide, January 2014

Sold for
HK$35,000